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A14853	The araignement of an vnruly tongue Wherein the faults of an euill tongue are opened, the danger discouered, the remedies prescribed, for the taming of a bad tongue, the right ordering of the tongue, and the pacifying of a troubled minde against the wrongs of an euill tongue. By George Web, preacher of Gods word at Stepleashton in Wiltshire.	Webbe, George, 1581-1642.	1619 (1619)	STC 25156; ESTC S102125	41,207	214

it within and guarded it with a double hedge one of flesh another of bone and moreouer hath bound it with a bridle to the brest By all these recommending vnto vs Moderation of speech which Moderation doth require these three properties in our speech 1. Truth 2. Charitie 3. Modesty For the first we ought so to moderate our speech Truth of Speech that wee speake nothing but the truth A good tongue will speak the truth from the heart Psal 15.3 Pro. 3.5 and a righteous man hateth lying words And Pro. 12.19 the lip of truth shall be established for euer Secondly when we speak Charity in Speaking 1. Cor. 16.14 1. Cor. 13.4 5 6 7. Charity must guide our speech Let all your things bee done in loue And this loue or charity suffereth long is kinde enuieth not vaunteth not her selfe beareth all things beleeueth all things hopeth all things endureth all things Lastly Modesty is required to the moderation of our speech Modestie in speech A wholesome tongue is a tree of life but peruersnesse therein is a breach in Spirit Pro. Pro. 15.4 15.4 Therefore the Apostle requireth that our speech be gracious Col. 4.16 Tit. 3.2 vncorrupt and full of meekenesse These few caueats being well obserued The bene fit of keeping a good tongue the Tongue more easily will bee ordered and he that can do this shall reape an incomparable benefite by it Pro. 18.21 For Life and death are in the power of the tongue And Pro. 21.23 Psal 34.12 13. 1. Pet. 3.10 Whosoeuer keepeth his mouth keepeth his soule from euill And therefore wee are so often in the book of God called to the practice of it What man is he that desireth life and loueth many daies that he may see good keep thy tongue from euill and thy lips that they speake no guile But what man is able of himselfe to obserue this None can do it without Gods speciall helpe Iob 39.37 A man may lay his hand vpon his mouth like Iob stedfastly purpose with Dauid Psal 39.1 that his tongue shall not offend yet all in vaine without the speciall helpe of God for Pro. 16.1 the gouernement of the tongue is of the Lord. Therefore the Apostle Paul Therefore wee must pray to God for the well-ordering of our tongues Eph. 6.19 although he had an excellent gift for the well-ordering of his tongue yet desireth the Ephesians to pray for him that vtterance might be giuen vnto him And so must wee if euer wee hope to haue comfort in the vse of our Tongues pray vnto God that hee would guide our Tongues that hee would set a watch before our mouth Ps 141.3 and keepe the doore of our lips Psal 51.15 And that He would open our lips to shew forth his praise Psal 19.14 So shall the words of our mouth bee alwaies acceptable in the sight of the Lord who is our strength and our Redeemer CHAP. XI How we are to put off an euill Tongue when it goeth about in our hearing to traduce and scandalize others IF it bee a matter of so great difficultie to temper our owne Tongue A caueat for the taming other mens Tongues much more hard and difficult will it bee to tame another mans Tongue especially where it claimeth a transcendent liberty vnto it selfe Psal 12.4 With our tongue we will preuaile our lips are our owne who is Lord ouer vs And yet this is a point of wisdome needfull to be obserued of vs how to demeane our selues vnto an euill Tongue and that in a twofold case First when it concerneth others Secondly when it commeth more neerely home vnto our selues And first No credit to bee giden to an euill tong where it traduceth others when in our hearing it goeth about to traduce or slander others wee must be carefull not to giue any credit countenance fauour or respect vnto it in such a case for there is an expresse prohibition in the Law of God against it Exod. 23.1 Exod. 23.1 Thou shalt not receiue a false report And it is the aduice of the Wiseman Eccles 7.21 Eccl. 7.21 Giue not thine heart to heare all the words that are spoken lest thou heare thy seruant curse thee And in another place it is reckned as the property of a wicked man to listen to an euill tongue Pro. 17.4 A wicked man giueth heede to false lips and a lyer giueth eare to a naughty tongue And on the contrary the Psalmist doth record it as a note of a good man of a citizen of heauen that he will not receiue or endure to heare a false report against his neighbor Psal 15.3 Besides which expresse testimonies of holy writ Why wee should not giue any countenance to an euill Tongue 1. Cor. 13.4 5 6. euidence of reason will euince as much 1. The rule of charity will require it for charity suffereth long is kinde charity enuieth not charity thinketh not euill it reioyceth not in iniquity it beareth all things belieueth all things hopeth all things endureth all things 2. The rule of equity may enioine it Mat. 7.12 Whatsoeuer you would that men should doe vnto you so doe yee vnto them Now there is no man that willingly would haue another to receiue a false report in preiudice of himselfe and therfore Quod tibi fieri non vis alterine feceris Dictū Alexandri Seueri Do not vnto another what thou wouldest not haue done vnto thy selfe 3. The inconuenience which commeth many times from the receiuing of these sinister reports may deterre vs from hearing of them for by this meanes many innocents haue bin brought into trouble and great disgrace Potiphar being so credulous of his wiues report concerning Ioseph cast him into prison Dauid Gen. 39. 2. Sam. 16.3 giuing too hasty an eare to Ziba his slander wronged Mephibosheth in his goods Hest 3.8 Ahashuerosh vpon the hearing of Hamans false suggestions against the Iewes caused a most cruell Edict to bee proclaimed for their vtter destruction Infinite are the examples of those who by hearing of false tōgues haue beene iniurious vnto others 4. It is iniurious to our own soules to giue any credite or countenance to an euill tongue for he whose eare is open to loosetongu'd creatures becommeth accessary to their sin Hieron Si deesset auditor deest detracta tor and guilty of the same offence with them for it is a true position as in cases of felony so of slander If there were not a receiuer there would not be a purloiner Yea in this case of slander there is more danger then in cases of felony for a Theefe by himselfe may steale without a receiuer may rob his neighbour of his goods but a Talebearer cannot rob a man of his good name nor yet impaire his credite vnlesse there be another to heare and to admit his slanders wherefore Bernard doubteth

THE ARAIGNEMENT of an vnruly Tongue WHEREIN The Faults of an euill Tongue are opened the danger discouered the Remedies prescribed FOR The taming of a bad Tongue the right ordering of the Tongue and the pacifying of a troubled minde against the wrongs of an euill Tongue By GEORGE WEB Preacher of Gods word at Stepleashton in Wiltshire LONDON Printed by G. P. for Iohn Budge and are to bee sold at his Shop in Pauls Church-yard at the Signe of the greene Dragon 1619. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL Sir GABRIEL DOVSE Knight and the right vertuous and worthy Lady the Lady IOANE his wife Increase of Grace and all true Happinesse Right Worshipfull THIS petty Pamphlet for so I may better stile it then a Treatise being so bold against the abuses of the tongue cannot but expect the criticall censure of many a Tongue The Malicious tongue wil defame it the Scorners Tongue deride it the Slanderous Tongue back-bite it the Censorious Tongue will whip it the Curious toung will hang draw quarter it Therefore it needeth a protecting Patronage to giue some coūtenance vnto it against those oppressions which it is likely to incurre by cōming vnder the Presse And what fitter Patronage could it find then your two names both which for the Tongue the one in witty speech the other in discreet silence not my self alone but diuers others also haue held in admiration Besides that the neere affinity wherewith of late by marriage I am linked vnto your Family and the many fauours vpon the same by you both vouchsafed vnto mee do require this as a testimonie of my gratefull remembrance of the same I haue therefore presumed to Dedicate vnto you both a as monumēt of my duty which I owe vnto you both this poore present humbly desiring a fauourable acceptance Though it enrich not your coffers yet it may your conscience for herein you shall finde although vnpolished both an Antidote against a bad Tongue and an Amulet for a good Tongue how we may bridle our owne how wee may tame others Toungs In many things wee sin all And many times wee all sinne with this little member our vnruly Tongue And what man liueth but is wronged by the tongue Happy is that man who can auoide the strife of Tongues happier he that can set a watch before his owne tongue A patterne for both these is here proposed God blesse it both to you both and to all that reade it And so humbly crauing pardō for this my boldnes I cōmend you both to the Lord and to the Word of his Grace who is able to perfect that good worke which he hath begun in you Your Worships in all Christian duties to be commanded G. W. The Contents of the Treatise CHAP. I. THe Tongues 1. Vse 2. the Excellency in the Creation 3. Misery by Deprauation 4. The Abuses of it 5. The proceeding against it CHAP. II. The Tongue 1. Arraigned 2. Indicted of 1. High Treason 2. Pettie Treason 3. Fellonie 4. Murther 5. Breach of the Peace CHAP. III. The transgression of the Tongue against all the ten Commandements CHAP. IIII. The Hue and Cry sent forth against a naughty Tongue a description of it 1. From the Haunt of it 2. From the Habit therof 3. From the Companions CHAP. V. The Examination of an vnruly Tongue 2. His Plea for himselfe 3. The Confutation of the Plea CHAP. VI. A deliberation for the punishment of an euill tongue How impossible it is to auoide it How hard to endure it How insufficient humane punishments are to tame it CHAP. VII The Magistrates office for the punishment of an euill tongue The politike lawes of Nations for the punishment thereof CHAP. VIII The iudgements of God against an euill tongue 1. In this life 2. In the life to come CHAP. IX The Doome or Sentence denounced against an euill tongue CHAP. X. The binding of the tongue to the good behauiour Rules and Directions for the same CHAP. XI How we are to put off an euill tongue when in our hearing it wrongeth others CHAP. XII How we are to endure the stroke of an euill tongue when it concerneth our selues CHAP. XIII A Conclusion of the whole Treatise THE ARAIGNMENT OF AN VNRVLY TONGVE CHAP. I. The Tongues 1. Vse 2. Creation 3. Deprauation 4. Abuse 5. The proceeding against it AMong all the members of Mans bodie there is none of greater vse none more subiect to abuse then the Tongue The Tong Iam. 3.5 It is but a little member yet a great stirrer in mortal affaires of which it may bee said as sometimes it was of Origen Where it is well Vbi bene Nemo melius Vbi male Nemo peius there none is better where euill nothing worse It is a Fountaine whence waters flow both sweet and bitter Iam. 3.16 11 10 8 6. It is a Forge both of Blessing and Cursing It is a Shop both of precious Balme and deadly Poyson It is the Trouchman both of Truth and Error Fire and Water are enclosed in it Life and Death are in the power of it Pro. 18.21 It is a necessarie good but an Vnruly euill very profitable but exceeding hurtfull wee cannot well want it nor want woe because of it If Man had beene created only for GOD The vse of it hee should not haue needed a tongue for the Lord knoweth the Minds meaning without the tongues narration If he had been made for himselfe alone the motions of his mind had been sufficient for himselfe without a tongue to be his Informer but God made Man a sociable liuing creature one Man to be a comfort vnto the other and therefore he had need of such an Organ as the tongue to be his intelligencer and Interpreter without a tongue we should haue beene all Mutes the pallate would haue wanted a taster the Mind a speaker and Man the World of the World 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 would haue stood in the World but as a Cipher Therefore the great Creator whose workes are all perfect The Creation of it in the Creation did create this necessarie member and placed it within the head the principal watch-towre of the Body And within this Body of our Body hath apointed it a threefold Office to be Taster Interpreter Mat. 19.8 Iam. 1.17 and Controwler God as he is absolutely good and the fountaine of all goodnesse in the Creation made all things good Gen. 1.27 and Man most good and the tongue of Man for a speciall good He saweuery thing that Hee had made and behold it was good very good Zanc. de oper Dei Lib. 2. The tongue was then a goodly member full of grace full of goodnesse A member wherein Man did most resemble Angels exercise and Gods Image A sweet Organ or Organon of delightfull speech 1. Pet. 3.4 a glorious Trumpet to soūd Psal 45.1 out the praises of the Creator a faithfull Interpreter of the hidden Man a faire Secretarie of a